Cap por mucilage-bottles



G. W. EARNEST.

CAP FOR MUCILAGE BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, I915.

1,303,179. Patented May 6, 1919;.

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GEORGE WESLEY EARNEST, OF BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAP FOR MUCILAGE-BOTTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1919.

Application filed July 12, 1918. Serial No. 244,605.

To all. whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE WESLEY EAnNnsT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bedford, in the county of Bed ford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Caps for Mucilage-Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved cap for use as a closure on the neck and mouth of a mucilage bottle and to prevent waste of the use on the neck of a mucilage bottle and in connection with the brush.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same at right angles to Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the same.

The cap 1 may be made of any suitable material and is arranged to fit tightly around the neck of a mucilage bottle and is provided with a central opening 2 throu h which the mucilage brush 3 extends. n the cap and at opposite sides of the opening are guide pieces 3 which form guide grooves 4. A slide 5 is movable in the guide grooves and may be moved inwardly to close theopening 2 or outwardly to uncover said Copies of this patent may be obtained for opening, either completely or to any desired extent.

The cap is also provided with an inner tubular portion 6 which is concentric therewith and which extends down into the neck of the bottle and is provided near the lower end with a scraper pin or bar 7 A cork or other suitable element 8 is arranged in the cap to bear on the mouth of the bottle and eiiect a tight joint between the cap and the mouth of the bottle.

The brush when it is drawn upwardly presses against the bar so that superfluous mucilage is scraped from the brush and caused to drop back into the bottle. The brush is also scraped between one side of the opening 2 and the rounded inner end of the slide 5 so that the brush is kept clear and mucilage is prevented from hardening thereon. When the brush is entirely withdrawn from the bottle and cap, the slide 5 may be closed. The said slide in connection with the opening 2 may also be arranged to hold the brush at any desired place in the bottle either partially submerged in the mucilage or arranged above the level of the mucilage.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A mucilage bottle cap having an exterior flange to fit around the neck of the bottle and being provided with a central opening for the passage of a brush handle, a cylindrical member depending from said cap in spaced relation to said flange, and a trans verse pin extending centrally across said member and serving as a scraper element.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GEORGE VVIJSLEY EARNEST.

five cents'eaeh, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

